Ray Allen Pesek, “Uncle Ray”, of Port O’Connor, Texas passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the age of 76. He was born to Ann Jane (Gerlich) Pesek of Hallettsville and Charles James Pesek of Sweet Home on January 4, 1942 in Victoria, Texas.
Ray attended Nazareth Academy, St. Joseph Middle School, and graduated from St. Joseph High School in Victoria in 1959. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Southwest Texas State College and earned his Master’s degree at Texas Tech.
He proudly served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany as an MP from 1963 to 1965.
Ray enjoyed fishing, custom street rods, singing, helping others and visiting with family and friends.
Ray had multiple job opportunities in his lifetime. After graduating from college he moved to Belton, Texas to manage a turkey farm and later moved to Indiana to manage a larger facility. While in Indiana he purchased a large steel hull cabin cruiser that he fully restored inside and out, and later used to travel down the Mississippi River with his father, Charles Pesek and brother, Dennis Pesek to Port O’Connor, Texas. Ray became the handy man of Port O’Connor. Ray installed a work platform on the back of his boat to gauge off shore work platforms. After the oil boom slowed down, Ray made major changes to the boat by converting it to a shrimp boat. Captain Ray enjoyed the shrimping industry.
He is preceded in death by his father, Charles J. Pesek; mother, Ann J. Pesek; brother, Dennis Wayne Pesek; brother-in-law, Glen Bone; and beloved partner, Shara Nelson.
Ray is survived by sisters, Jo Ann Bone of Victoria and Charlene (Ellis) Parker of Beeville; sister-in-law, Robin Pesek; son, Andrew Neil Pesek of Austin; grandson, Robert “Bobby” Smith and wife, Audi Smith of San Diego, California; and granddaughter, Cheryl Littleton (Brandyn) of Dallas, Texas.
Surrounded in love by nieces and nephews, Steven (Beverly) Bone; David (Amelia) Bone; Robert (Alisa) Bone; Joan Bone; Debra (Noe) Medina; Harold Sledge (Darla) Parker; Cathy (David) Lee; Tyler (Laura) Parker; Colter (Katy) Pesek; Chad (Victoria) Pesek; and Clayton Pesek; as well as his dear friends of seventy-one years, Jimmy and Angie Easley.
A visitation will be held on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 6 to 7 pm with a rosary to be recited at 7 pm at Colonial Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 10 am on Monday, December 17, 2018 at Our Lady of Victory Cathedral. Burial will follow at Live Oak Cemetery in Fannin, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Robert “Bobby” Smith, Jimmy Easley, Sledge Parker, Colter Pesek, Chad Pesek, David Bone, John Pitonyak and Zach Durcholz.
